<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>I want to call attention to the useful and wonderful new publication out of NCSALL, Building a Level Playing Field: The Need to Expand and Improve the National and State Adult Education and Literacy Systems by John Comings, Steve Reder and Andew Sum. This occasional Paper in the connecting research and practice series provides a wealth of concise, updated information that can be used to fill legislators and policy makers in on the purpose and work of adult education. I imagine myself pulling it out to beef up those letters to legislators, as well as for supporting grant proposals and research. it is reasoned and strongly persuasive, and would be especially useful to those in the 13 states for which there is expanded NALS data. Check it out! (ncsall@gse.harvard.edu) DD </FONT></HTML>